We’ve been back from our vacation in Taos now for about a week, and I finally have a few minutes to begin posting some things from vacation time.
As soon as I got to Taos I went over to the artist supply store and picked up some watercolors, paper, and brushes, among other things. I wanted to work on some mandalas while there. I got two finished. It takes several days to complete each one, so that’s all I had time for.
Here’s the first one. I had originally planned to do it in shades of purple, but discovered that I hadn’t purchased the right reds and blues to mix for a good purple, so as it turned out, the colors I did have were more southwestern colors anyway, so I went with that.

Watercolor and Ink on Paper, approx. 7″ in diameter. Deborah Baldwin Fair 2009